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\ Patented Nov. I9','l90l. G. L. ZUCKER.

P A C K A G E (Applicahiqn filed Aug. 14, 1.901.)

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wihwoaco I UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE L. ZUOKER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE GEORGEZUOKER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION.

PAC KAG E.

SPEGIFIGATIGN forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 687,174, datedNovember 19, 1901.

Application filed August 14, 1901- Serial No. 72, (N0 11105811) T0 onwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. ZUOKER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of East Orange, in the county of Essex and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements inPackages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of packages orreceptacles which are designed to be opened by ripping a band from thecasing, thus severing one of the heads from the body of the receptacle.

My invention has for its object a receptacle which is capable of beingentirelycut or ripped away from its contents, as it is necessary to dowhen the contents are of such a nature that they settle and slightlyexpand when they become cold and solid, and thus so firmly adhere to thecasing that they cannot be removed by merely opening one end andattempting to withdraw the contents.

With this object before me my invention consists of a package whereinmeans are provided for ripping or cutting the longitudinal seam of acan, so that the shell can be opened and leave the contents free, andthe preferable form of said invention is more fully hereinafterdescribed and then definitely claimed at the end hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent the preferable, though notnecessary, embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view ofmy improved package, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with theends removed and the body partly opened.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by numerals, 1 representsthe body of the can, which is formed with the longitudinal seam 2 andthe usual annular scores 3 3,-

forming ripping-bands 4 4, which are provided with the ordinary tongues5 5. Heads 6 6 of any desired form are secured to the body in the usualor any approved manner. The can so far described when made with aripping-band at one end only is one of common form now in extensive use,and those familiar with them know that it is only necessary to engagethe tongues 5 with a suitable key or a pair of pliers, and theripping-bands 4 may be ripped or torn from the cylinder and wound uponthe key, leaving the head severed from the body. I provide each end ofthe receptacle with one of these opening or ripping bands, and after theforegoing operation is performed at the opposite end we have a peculiarpackage consisting of a cylindrical shell closely fitting around thearticle or cake contained in the package, with the ends of the articleprojecting out of each end of the said cylindrical casing. If thearticle packed within the receptacle is of such a nature that it settlesand expands slightly (instead of shrinking) in cooling, as is the casewith some compounds for buffing and polishing metahwork, it is difficultor impossible to withdraw the cylindrical cake from the casing.

It is the object of my invention to provide means whereby the cake canbe easily withdrawn for use, and to accomplish this I employ anopening-tongue 7, which is preferably made of a separate piece of metaland is inserted between the two longitudinal meeting edges of the canbefore the can is soldered. This opening-tongue 7 is preferably placedin close proximity or against one of the scores 3, and it will beobvious that when the longitudinal seam of the can is soldered no soldergoes between the openingtongue 7 and that part of the longitudinal seammarked 8, although a slight amount of solder may creep under the tongueat the point marked 9. Assuming now that one or both ends have beenremoved, it is only necessary to grasp theopening-tongue 7 with asuitable key or a pair of pliers, and by curling it on the key or pliersthe longitudinal seam is started, and when it is once well started itmay be easily broken for its entire length,when the cylindrical casingmay easily be slipped from the cake contained within it. Itis manifestthat this tongue may be made in many ways and may be formed integralwith the shell, if desired, and it may be made of yarious shapes orsizes, and while I do notlimit myinvention to the sepa rate piece, asshown in my drawings, I very much prefer it, for the reason that thepart that enters the receptacle between the shell and the cake within itaffords a leverage by means of which the longitudinal seam may bestarted.

From the above and the accompanyingthe longitudinal seam is stripped forits en- 7 tire length all or substantially all at once, and I do notattempt to claim such as my invention, as I regard my can as essentiallyand materially different therefrom, inasmuch as in my invention the headof the can is first removed and then the longitudinal seam is severedprogressivelyi. a, by first severing the end of the seam and graduallystripping one edge of the seam from its companion edge.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. A can or receptacle having means for rippingoff one end thereof, and means for cornea stripping the longitudinalseam of the can, whereby the edgesof said longitudinal seam may bespread apart after the head is removed and the scam is stripped;substantially as described.

2. A can or receptacle having means for ripping oif one end thereof, andmeans for opening the longitudinal seam of the can by progressivelystripping one edge of said seam from its companion edge; substantiallyas described.

3. A can or receptacle having a rippingband near each end thereofwhereby both ends may be removed, and means for opening the longitudinalseam left after the removal of said ends, by progressively stripping oneedge of said longitudinal seam from its companion edge; substantially asdescribed.

Signed by me at New York city, borough of Manhattan, this 12th day ofAugust, 1901.

GEORGE L. ZUOKER.

Witnesses:

HENRY RINGHOF, HENRY L. ZUCKER.

